Prerequisites for adding Data Collectors (IBM Enterprise)
IT Analytics supports the following IBM Enterprise storage arrays, running DSCLI 5.2.2.272 & above: DS6000 and DS8000.
64-bit OS. See the Certified Configurations Guide for supported operating systems.
When the IT Analytics system collects data from any vendor subsystem, the collection process expects name/value pairs to be in US English, and requires the installation to be done by an Administrator with a US English locale. The server's language version can be non-US English.
Supports Amazon Corretto 17. Amazon Corretto is a no-cost, multi-platform, production-ready distribution of the Open Java Development Kit (OpenJDK).
For performance reasons, do not install Data Collectors on the same server as the IT Analytics Portal. However, if you must have both on the same server, verify that the Portal and Data Collector software do not reside in the same directory.
Install only one Data Collector on a server (or OS instance).
Ports used: TCP 1751, 1750, 1718
The IBM Enterprise Data Collector Policy is restricted to one array per policy.
DSCLI must be installed on the Data Collector server.
Gather the following required configuration details:
Array Addresses: IP addresses or name of the IBM DS Storage Frame.
Profile Name: The dscli.profile file name with its absolute path.
DSCLI Client Software Location: Location of the DSCLI executable on the Data Collector server.
User ID & Password: Credentials with monitor group privileges on the storage array.
Edit the DSCLI profile file (dscli.profile) and set the output format to XML. Locate the profile file, typically in the /profile sub-directory and named dscli.profile. In this file, un-comment the Output Format property and set it to XML, as shown in the following example.
# Output format type for ls commands, which can take one of the following values: # default: Default output # xml : XML format # delim : delimit columns using a character specified by "delim" # stanza : Horizontal table format # "format" is equivalent to option "-fmt default|xml|delim|stanza". format: xml